Dr. Beatriz Olson received her college education, medical degree, residency and fellowship training, and postdoctoral training at Barnard College, Columbia University, University of Pittsburgh, and the National Institutes of Health, respectivelly. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the fields of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes. She serves as President of Connecticut’s Endocrine Society and as Assistant Clinical Professor in Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. She is part of the team that teachers the Healer’s Art course to medical students at Yale. She is attending physician at Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital, in Waterbury CT. Her medical practice in Endocrinology is in Middlebury, CT. She concentrates on thyroid disease, metabolic and appetite disorders, women’s endocrine and bone problems, as well as, wellness issues. She has received awards from the state of Connecticut for her work and commitment to women’s health care.

Dr. Olson has sought methods of incorporating complementary healing disciplines to help her patients achieve the highest state of well being since she recognized that academic medicine, while useful, cannot address many mind-body problems that her patients experience. Dr. Olson founded Lotus, the Educational Center for Integrative Healing and Wellness in 1997. Lotus is a not-for profit 501-(3) c educational organization that studies and disseminates evidence-based research in complementary healing arts among many healing arts professionals in the greater Waterbury area. She currently serves as president of the board of directors for Lotus (www.lotusmedical.org).